For safety and efficiency reasons, Renfrew County Catholic District School Board would like to reduce the amount of cash and cheques coming into our schools.

Attached to June’s newsletter is step by step information on how to register for “School Cash On-Line”. Starting in September; you will be able to pay online for items

such as milk, hot lunches, fundraisers, field trips and more. Once you have registered, you will then begin to receive email notifications regarding upcoming events/ fees involving your child (ren) which are available to

purchase online.

Congratulations to our DI-007 Destination Imagination

Team for their successful trip to Knoxville, Tennessee!

The students joined youth from all around the world in the

largest Global celebration of CREATIVITY and

INNOVATION!

Top Row: Anikka O’Neil, Aubrey Hughes

Bottom Row: Mia Cochrane, Ethan Law, Abbie Purchase

and Liam Sullivan.

St. Anthony’s Catholic School

2 McCarthy Street

Chalk River, Ontario

K0J 1J0

Telephone (613) 589-2775

Fax (613) 589-2544

Growth mindset reflections on faith A difference in mindset doesn’t simply involve our view of ourselves or our children. Even more important is our view of the universe. If there is no God, then our ultimate fate really is ‘carved in stone’. Finitude, human fallibility, mortality and the law of entropy will eventually prevail. But with God, every moment becomes different and open to possibilities for growth and reconciliation. For Christians with a fixed mindset, spiritual formation is about being like Jesus and for those with the growth mindset it is about becoming like Jesus. Since the first sees talents and abilities as innate, any struggle or setback leads us to stop trying, while for the second each challenge is viewed as an opportunity to grow. Spiritual transformation is not about a smooth road protected from difficulty such as tragic losses, physical illness, or unspeakable childhoods. These individuals can be formed through time, trials and trust in a merciful God. I wonder if the fixed mindset with its concern for maintaining superior positioning based on an innate quality can actually practice humility? It seems that the growth mindset with its better recognition of abilities and areas for improvement or reconciliation may have the upper hand in actually living a life of humility. Do you see yourself as being transformed by God as you jour-

ney with God through this life, or as having already arrived?

Is your mindset one of growth or is it fixed?

NOW AVAILABLE

ON LINE BANKING

DESTINATION

IMAGINATION!!

Just a reminder that School will begin on Tuesday,

September 1st. A week before Labour day weekend

September 18 February 5, 12, 19 October 2, 9,16,23 March 4, 11 November 6, 20,27 April 1, 8, 15, 29 December 4 May 6, 13, 20 January 8, 15,22,22 June 3 Subs: September 24 December 18 April 21 October 30 January 28 May 27 November 12 February 26 June 10

Pizza/Sub days for 2015-2016

SCHOOL COUNCIL

SCHOOL COUNCIL SUPPORTAT

ST. ANTHONY’S

• Outdoor items for students • Christmas luncheon • Kid Active Review of our playground • $1800.00 towards year end field trips • School council is also in the process of purchasing a playground structure for the fall

Thank you to all parents who support the work of our parent council plans. Your parent council members include Naomi, Kim, April, Stephanie, Danielle, Carrie Loralie, Karen and Shelley. Consider joining us next year!

GRADUATION MASS AND CEREMONY

Our final school mass which brings our year to a close and honours our graduates of St. Anthony’s will take place on Tuesday, June 23rd at 11:00 am

at St. Anthony’s Parish. All are welcome to attend. A graduation ceremony and celebration for the graduates and their families will follow mass. Thank you kindly to our wonderful CWL for providing lunch for our graduates and their families.

2015-2016 REGISTRATION

Our School Office will be closed throughout July and August. Please contact the Renfrew County Catholic District School Board at (613)735-1031 or email smontgomery@rccdsb.edu.on.ca.

TALENT SHOW

St. Anthony’s will bring back a Talent Show! The Talent Show will be held in the school gym at 9:30 a.m. on June 24th. Parents are most welcome! Students are asked to show a sample of their talent to Ms. Montgomery and Mrs. Keels on June 9th for approval. Students are to bring whatever materials required from home.

FUNDRAISERS

Thank you for your generous support! We raised $1042.00 with the baseball tournament. A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped make this fundraiser a great success, especially Ashley Gendron, April Chartrand, Stephen and Crystal Poirier. Thank you!!!

TRANSPORTATION NEWS

RCJTC is OPEN all year long including the summer months, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays). The Renfrew County Joint Transportation Consortium (RCJTC) is responsible for

providing transportation service to over 11,000 Renfrew County students in 53 different schools for both the Ren-frew County Catholic District School Board and the Ren-frew County District School Board. Three routers are re-sponsible for creating bus routes, setting up bussing, and making changes to bussing for these students. They work closely with the various bus Operators in each area to en-sure safe, efficient, effective transportation to and from school. As safety of students is a priority, it takes time, and occasionally a physical review of a designated stop to process transportation requests, especially from mid-August to mid-October when there is a high volume of requests which results in delays in responding to individual requests. What can you do to help? Please visit our website (www.rcjtc.on.ca) at any time throughout the year to find the forms that you need to email us (trans@rcjtc.on.ca) in order to request new bus-sing or make changes to existing bussing. Over the course of the summer if your address information has changed (your home, your sitter, etc.) contact us as soon as possible by filling in the Student Transportation Request form and email us (trans@rcjtc.on.ca) the form. If you know of someone who has just moved into the area over the summer months have them contact us as soon as possible by filling in the Student Transportation Request form and then email us (trans@rcjtc.on.ca) the form.

IMPORTANT DATES

P.A. Day - Monday, June 8

PARENT COUNCIL MEETING

Monday, June 8 @ 5:00 p.m.

June 10 -Grades 3,4,5,6 - Bishop Smith

June 11 - Grades 4,5,6 - Baseball in Westmeath

HOT LUNCH DAYS

June 3rd—Sub Day

June 5th—Pizza Day

June 12th—Pizza Day

Tuesday, June 16—Pizza Day

SCHOOL TRIPS

June 22th—both JK/SK and Grade 3/4

June 22th—K/Grade 1 and 1/2

June 17, 18 & 19—Grade 7/8

June 24 - Talent Show

GRADE 8 GRADUATION

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 @ 11:00 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Parish

June 25 - Beach Day/Hot dog lunch

Thursday, June 25, 2015

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

On Sunday, June 7 Aoibhlinn Bigelow, Cierra Poirier, Savannah Smith, Jordan Gendron and Abigail Albert will receive the Sacrament of First Eucharist. Also, congratulations to Mia Cochrane and Liam Sullivan who will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on the same day. Please keep them in your prayers as they continue to grow in their love of Christ.

HEALTHY SNACK PROGRAM

Many thanks to Ms. Duchene, Mrs. Hawley, Mrs. Woodley, Mrs. MacDonald, Mrs. Broome, Mrs. Erling and the CWL ladies for volunteering their time. Students are offered a healthy snack Monday through Friday mornings. A big thank you to Breakfast for Learning program for without this funding St. Anthony’s healthy snack program would not run. The last day for

healthy snack will be on Friday, June 12.

Please pack an extra nutritious snack each

morning for the remainder of the school

year.

REPORT CARDS

Reports cards will be sent home for all students during the last week of school. Please sign and return it to school the following day. Thank you for your cooperation.

Graduate Message

We would like to wish our wonderful graduates the best of luck in their future experiences! Caleb, Jarrett, Emma, Victoria, Rhya and Steffan each brought special talents and gifts to our school community. They will be missed very much. God Bless each of you!

School Fees

As per Ministry policy we will no longer be collecting supply fees. Students will be provided with basic learning materials such as: pencil, erasers, glue, pencil crayon, paper etc. Students are still required to have a backpack, extra pair of indoor running shoes and a lunch kit.

The Grade 7/8 class will be having another bottle drive on Saturday June 13 between 11:00am - 2:00 pm. You are more than welcome to drop off any bottles before June 14 at Mr. Shaddick’s garage.

BOTTLE DRIVE